Sri Lanka Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
island country in South Asia
About Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has more than 2,500 years of continuous written history by means of the Mahawansha, and was also mentioned in several ancient Indian texts. One of the most famous is theRamayana, in which the island, which was referred to as Lanka, was the island fortress of the king Ravana, who captured the wife of Rama, an incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu. Legend has it that Hanuman the monkey flew over to Lanka and destroyed the capital by setting it on fire, while Rama and his remaining troops later crossed over from the mainland by building a land bridge across the sea. The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka in the late 6th century BC, probably from northernIndia(the most likely candidates beingBengalorMaharashtra). Buddhism came to the island from the middle of the 3rd century BC, and a grea
Top Attractions in Sri Lanka
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- ★Whale watching
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